Sunday Brunch 8: Ivy Lumi

Avi’s guest in this serving of Sunday Brunch is Ivy Lumi, a singer-songwriter and Bitcoin-industry native who began writing songs in late 2023 and spent about a year and a half getting her first five tracks produced, eventually releasing under the Ivy Lumi name starting May 2025.

Ivy shares her creative process: she “hears” melodies first and uses a mobile songwriting app (Demo) to quickly capture chord progressions, arrange instruments, and record vocal ideas before moving into fuller production workflows.

The conversation weaves through love, presence, and emotional honesty as Ivy explains the thesis at the core of her work: “Love is the cure.” She unpacks how Bitcoiners often unshackle themselves from fiat thinking but still carry “fiat trauma,” and why inner work matters even (especially) when Bitcoin “moons.”

Playlist highlights include Ivy’s own tracks “Wowowow,” “SideQuest,” and “The Cure” (her first song, and the title track of her EP), plus guest picks that widen the palette: Zazawowow's “It’s the Only Way Through” (Zaza also collaborated on Ivy’s “Wowowow” visuals, alongside F-Zero) and Halene’s “Greatness,” a Nostr discovery Ivy champions as the kind of music we might hear in a more abundant future.

Ivy also shares her Geyser campaign “Love is the Cure”, offering supporter items like a Nostr badge, collectible pins, and signed CDs as a way to fund independent, Bitcoin-native art.

Executive Producer: Silvie

Links

• Ivy's Geyser Campaign
• Ivy on Nostr
• Today's Playlist